Combined application of zinc-lysine chelate and zinc-solubilizing bacteria improves yield and grain biofortification of maize (Zea mays L.)

• Safdar Bashir,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Abdul Basit,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou of China

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• Rana Nadeem Abbas,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Shahbaz Naeem,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Saqib Bashir,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8573-6591

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• Niaz Ahmed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab-Pakistan

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• Muhammad Saeed Ahmed,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3094-9175

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• Muhammad Zahaib Ilyas,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Zubair Aslam ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources

  * E-mail: liyunzhou2007@126.com (YL); zauaf@hotmail.com (ZA)

  Affiliation Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4357-4904

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• Saqer S. Alotaibi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

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• Ahmed M. El-Shehawi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia

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• Yunzhou Li

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liyunzhou2007@126.com (YL); zauaf@hotmail.com (ZA)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2591-7344

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